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9/11: For the record
By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published September 8, 2002
6 years, 8 months
Time it took to build the World Trade Center, from 1966 to 1973
1 hour, 42 minutes
Time it took to destroy the towers, from the first impact to the second collapse
1.6-million
Tons of debris removed from ground zero
19,858
Body parts collected among the trade center ruins
2,775
People killed at the WTC and aboard the two jetliners *
343
New York City firefighters killed
60
Police officers killed; 37 Port Authority, 23 NYPD
18
Survivors pulled from the trade center rubble
184
People killed at the Pentagon and aboard Flight 77
40
People killed aboard United Airlines Flight 93 when it crashed in Pennsylvania
85
Age of the oldest victim of the attacks, Robert Grant Norton of Lubec, Maine, who was aboard American Airlines Flight 11.
2
Age of the youngest victim of the attacks, Christine Hanson of Groton, Mass., who was aboard United Flight 175.
116,000
American flags sold by Wal-Mart on Sept. 11, 2001; 6,400 were sold on the same date a year earlier
$2.4-billion
Amount raised by the 34 largest charities after the attacks
$1.6-billion
Amount distributed so far
$4-billion to $6-billion
Expected total payout of government compensation to victims' families
$1.36-million
Average payment to first 25 families who applied
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* Number as of Sept. 6, based on Associated Press reporting. Figures do not include the 19 hijackers.
-- SOURCES: Time; Congress' General Accounting Office, AP; New York Times
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